tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368464152018-03-07T07:22:41.035-08:00INSUBORDINATION Photo-JournalismHans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-88465768924102940072013-05-29T09:48:00.001-07:002013-05-29T12:24:31.647-07:00Oscar López Rivera’s 32 Years of Resistance to Torture --Will President Obama pardon the longest held Independentista?
Oscar López Rivera’s 32 Years of Resistance
to Torture
--Will President Obama pardon the longest
held Independentista?
By Hans Bennett
(First published by Upside Down World on May 29, 2013. Permission is granted to reprint in full as long as Upside Down World is cited, with a link to the original article.)
“It is much easier not to struggle, to give
up and take the path of the Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-87984313341783706102012-01-28T01:20:00.000-08:002012-02-07T03:58:47.684-08:00The Torture of Mumia Abu-Jamal Continues off Death RowOn December 7, following the US Supreme Court’s refusal to consider the Philadelphia District Attorney’s final avenue of appeal, current DA Seth Williams announced that he would no longer be seeking a death sentence for the world-renowned death row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal--on death row following his conviction at a 1982 trial deemed unfair by Amnesty International, the European Parliament,Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-6113643935499415502011-01-11T15:01:00.000-08:002011-01-12T00:19:01.707-08:00Media Justice on Trial in Philadelphia - the Duel of Two Films About Mumia Abu-JamalJUSTICE ON TRIAL - The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal from Big Noise Films on Vimeo.A new film, entitled "The Barrel of a Gun" was unveiled in Philadelphia on September 21. The film is officially endorsed by the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) and "Murdered by Mumia" authors Michael Smerconish and Maureen Faulkner, and based on the two trailers that have been released and public statements by the Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-3898464420152946122010-04-26T23:46:00.000-07:002010-04-26T23:54:49.848-07:00book review -- The War Before: The True Life Story of Becoming a Black Panther, Keeping the Faith in Prison, & Fighting for Those Left BehindThe late Safiya Bukhari (1950-2003) is not the most famous veteran of the Black Panther Party (BPP), but the compilation of her writings, The War Before, edited by former political prisoner Laura Whitehorn at the request of Bukhari's daughter, Wonda Jones, should be required reading alongside the memoirs of BPP cofounders Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton. The War Before makes many significant Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-51377513815461616882010-01-21T16:34:00.000-08:002010-01-25T16:42:02.991-08:00The Voices of Participatory Democracy in Venezuela --A review of Venezuela Speaks! Voices from the Grassroots
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<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-56298360714039424792009-11-02T16:37:00.000-08:002009-12-21T16:43:31.101-08:00book review - The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black PantherThis new book was released on November 1, and my review of it is featured at TowardFreedom.com, a progressive perspective on world events. Below is an excerpt. Please read the full article here.On the morning of December 4, 1969, lawyer Jeffrey Haas received a call from his partner at the People’s Law Office, informing him that early that morning Chicago police had raided the apartment of Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-32507636756822300302009-10-29T16:29:00.000-07:002009-10-29T16:50:13.638-07:00Color Lines book review: Other: An Asian & Pacific Islander Prisoners’ AnthologyBelow is my new review that appears in the November/December issue of ColorLines Magazine.Other: An Asian & Pacific Islander Prisoners’ Anthology (AK Press) is an impressive book featuring writing and art by 22 people imprisoned in the U.S. The publisher, the Asian Prisoner Support Committee, writes that it “works with API (Asian and Pacific Islander) prisoners to educate the broader community Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-62064611922090495052009-10-05T16:34:00.000-07:002009-10-05T16:41:08.284-07:00Book Review: "Anarchy Alive!: Anti-authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory"
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My review of Victoria Law's new book <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-38743620267921280912009-07-15T01:13:00.000-07:002009-07-15T01:22:02.924-07:00Anarchism, Marxism, and ZapatismoBoth Staughton Lynd (a Marxist from the US) and his co-author Andrej Grubacic (an anarchist from the Balkans) of the book Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism and Radical History, are public supporters of the Zapatistas, who they argue have set a powerful example of revolutionary organizing that should influence anti-capitalists around the world. Much like the historical Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-79365128292666144512009-06-22T21:50:00.000-07:002009-06-22T21:58:47.055-07:00New Book Surveys Oaxaca Uprising to Teach Rebellion<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-12101294618763902942009-06-18T21:51:00.000-07:002009-07-13T04:41:47.077-07:00Citing withheld evidence, supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal call for civil rights investigationThe San Francisco Bay View Newspaper has just released my new article spotlighting the campaign to get a federal civil rights investigation into Mumia's case. This 6,000 word piece is the longest Mumia article I've ever written, but it is broken into five sections, to examine five key pieces of evidence that Mumia was unable to present to the jury:The DA’s office withheld two items from Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-25205263049130432112009-06-15T23:47:00.000-07:002009-06-24T00:53:44.602-07:00Appalachia and Colombia: The People Behind the Coal --An interview with Aviva Chomsky
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<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-26335612292467641062009-04-26T06:12:00.000-07:002009-04-26T06:16:26.348-07:00Angela Y. Davis speaks in support of Mumia Abu-JamalOn April 24, in Oakland, CA, former political prisoner Angela Y. Davis spoke in support of death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, at an event marking Abu-Jamal's 55th birthday and the release of his new book Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. The USA. Recently interviewed by The SF Bay View Newspaper, Davis wrote an introduction for Jailhouse Lawyers (read the full introduction Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-50840160455464714062009-04-02T15:44:00.000-07:002009-04-02T16:12:16.967-07:00Media, Revolution, and the Legacy of the Black Panther Party --An interview with Kiilu Nyasha<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-44744752843247378552009-02-26T11:56:00.000-08:002009-02-28T13:39:44.220-08:00The Prison Industrial Complex and Political Prisoners<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-41471684389701573312008-12-31T14:48:00.000-08:002009-01-02T23:42:29.209-08:00Interview with Edward Herman about Latin America and the USLongtime activist and author Edward S. Herman was interviewed in Philadelphia on December 26, 2008. In this interview, Herman discusses the history of US influence in Latin America, and contextualizes this with what he says is an anti-democratic US policy throughout the Global South, designed to create a favorable investment climate for US corporations. He is asked how things are changing today Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-52620325642080578312008-12-19T12:54:00.000-08:002008-12-20T19:57:33.420-08:00Mumia Abu-Jamal faces US Supreme Court, as supporters mobilize globallyOn Friday, Dec. 19, 2008, death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal filed his appeal to the US Supreme Court, asking it to consider his case for a new guilt-phase trial. One month before, the Philadelphia DA filed its separate appeal to the court asking to have Abu-Jamal executed without a new sentencing-phase trial. Both are appealing the March 27, 2008 rulings by the US Third Circuit Court. At thisHans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-69108966740386887322008-12-03T02:15:00.000-08:002008-12-03T02:21:35.153-08:00VIDEO: "Fighting for Mumia's Freedom: a report from Philadelphia" This new DVD video focuses on the March 27, 2008 denial of a new guilt-phase trial for Mumia, the DA's continued attempt to execute him, and the response of Mumia and his international support network. Fighting can be viewed via You Tube (parts 1 and 2) or Google Video. You can also download the 150 MB wmv file.Featuring original footage from 2008 in Philadelphia, this video focuses on the MarchHans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-37027958735274155652008-10-07T04:52:00.000-07:002008-10-09T00:31:22.166-07:00Mumia Abu-Jamal Faces US Supreme Court as New Book and Film Expose InjusticeIllustration by Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, GermanyPlease be sure to download (and print out in your community) our two new info flyers just completed: 1) A condensed legal update, and 2) A flyer summarizing the key points from The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal.Mumia Abu-Jamal Faces US Supreme Court as New Book and Film Expose InjusticeBy Hans Bennett(Abu-Jamal-News.com)On Monday, Oct.6, in Hans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846415.post-50820219184794222532008-09-10T17:44:00.000-07:002008-09-10T17:47:35.591-07:00INTERVIEW: New British Film About Mumia Showing in NYC and OaklandNew British Film About Mumia Abu-Jamal Showing in NYC and Oakland--An interview with Livia Giuggioli Firth, co-producer of "In Prison My Whole Life"In Prison My Whole Life TrailerFor the first time since the film's US Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival last January, "In Prison My Whole Life" will be shown to a US audience. This new film about the internationally renowned death-row journalistHans Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676863091026800710noreply@blogger.com